All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2013 // General Star Management Co. has launched a high value homeowners program. Effective March 1, the product is offered through All Risks, Ltd, the program administrator for this new facility. Together, they will provide...
Mar 6 2013 // As New Jersey lawmakers consider a package of bills to help the state recover from Superstorm Sandy, a former New Jersey environmental protection commissioner says the storm provided a golden opportunity to buy out...
Mar 5 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a decision providing for an 8.18 percent rate reduction in homeowners insurance by Mercury Casualty Co., and then slammed the carrier for filing suit challenging the...
Mar 5 2013 // Baton Rouge, La.-based Access Home Insurance Co. (Access Home) announced that Michael Toffoli, Rusty Ruiz and Kerri Jones have joined the company as executive vice president, Louisiana marketing representative and South...
Mar 5 2013 // Jackie Beagon loved her life along the Connecticut coast, where she and her husband walked to the beach and church and bicycled around the neighborhood. But Superstorm Sandy ripped it all apart, and the couple was forced...
Mar 4 2013 // A lawsuit seeking class action status filed against the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. alleges the company purposefully deprived customers of windstorm mitigation discounts through an arbitrary reinspection...
Feb 28 2013 // New York regulators said this week insurers would be required to follow additional rules to expedite the resolution of remaining Sandy-related claims in New York.These new regulations will now cut the amount of time an...
Feb 27 2013 // An insurance industry association testified about insurers’ response to Superstorm Sandy and the lessons learned at a hearing Tuesday before the New York Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance.The American...
Feb 26 2013 // The Laurel County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Office has begun a program to patrol homes where owners are away. WYMT-TV in Hazard reported the agency has invited people who will be away from their homes to notify the...
Feb 25 2013 // An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reduction is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Co., according to an announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
Feb 25 2013 // Recently re-elected North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is more focused on reform of the homeowners insurance market than he is on auto insurance. As was the case four years ago when he first assumed...
Feb 25 2013 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has finally released the long-awaited report by a commission to study what to do about insurance availability and prices. Bentley first created the commission on April 6, 2011 – almost two...
Feb 25 2013 // Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31.The...
Feb 25 2013 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation.According to 2010 data, the most...
Feb 22 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Department of Financial Services is investigating the claims practices of three insurers following the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.The three insurers are:...
Feb 20 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state.According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed in...
Feb 15 2013 // Some of the money that Alabama receives from BP over the Gulf oil spill could end up helping coastal residents make their homes more resistant to wind damage from hurricanes.That is one of the recommendations from a...
Feb 12 2013 // The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can’t collect damages from the homeowner because she engaged in a kiss and provocative dancing, Alaska Supreme Court ruled.The homeowner, who was...
Feb 11 2013 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, which has around 23,000 homeowner and 7,000 auto policies in Louisiana, is dropping those lines of business in the state, but a company spokesman said Friday it will retain more than 100,0000...
Feb 8 2013 // As the Northeast and New England states brace for a major blizzard, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi is offering policyholders tips on preparing for the storm and filing claims if there is property...